Article
Diversity of SCCmec elements in methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci clinical isolates.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Zong Zhiyong, Peng Chunhong, Lü Xiaoju
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (MR-CoNS) are opportunistic pathogens and serve as a large reservoir of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec). Characterization of SCCmec in MR-CoNS can generate useful information on the mobilization and evolution of this element. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Non-repetitive MR-CoNS clinical isolates (n = 84; 39 S. epidermidis, 19 S....
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Chromosomes, Bacterial
- Clone Cells
- Coagulase
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Methicillin Resistance
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Staphylococcus